By Alex De Pinto, Senior Research Fellow It is widely recognized that natural resource use in many developing countries, from crop production to deforestation, is responsible for the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions. We also know that, in many countries, the agricultural and forestry sectors can provide low-cost climate change mitigation opportunities. As countries experience […]
IFPRI Side Event at COP 20 – Wednesday, 03 Dec 2014, 16:45–18:15 Sipan Room
INCREASING the RESILIENCE of FARMING COMMUNITIES to CLIMATE CHANGE through Shared Learning and Adaptation Decision-Making with a Focus on Gender WHEN: Wednesday, 03 Dec 2014, 16:45–18:15 WHERE: Sipan Room, COP 20 Venue: Cuartel General del Ejército del Perú (CGEP) Av. Boulevar S/N, San Borja Lima 41 Surco, Lima, Peru
Climate Smart Solutions for African Farmers : The time is now!
Cross-posted from ccafs.cgiar.org Better management of agricultural risk today can help farming systems adapt to increased weather and climate extremes in the future. More extreme floods, storms and drought. Increased outbreaks of pests and disease. And even more uncertainty about what the growing season will bring. Climate change will likely heighten these risks to agriculture, […]
Presentation on Gender, Collective Action, and Climate Change – now available!
A new presentation on Gender, Collective Action, and Climate Change is now available here. Key messages from the presentation include that: •Perceptions of climate change, needs as a result of climate change and possibilities to adapt to climate change do differ between men and women. It is therefore essential to take a gendered approach to […]
Featured originally on IFPRI Blog : UN International Day of Rural Women
by Claudia Ringler, Deputy Director, Environment & Production Technology Division We know more and more about what our planet faces as climate change intensifies and greenhouse gas emissions lead us on a probably irreversible path of global warming and uncertain rainfall patterns, at least for the next four decades. As policymakers prepare foranother round of climate change […]
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